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Carne trémula / Live Flesh
Character: Isabel Plaza Caballero
Year: 1997
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Screenwriter: Pedro Almodóvar, Jorge Guerricaechevarría
Genre: Drama / Romance / Thriller
MPAA Rating: Rated R for strong sexuality, language and some drug content
Other Cast: Javier Bardem, Francesca Neri, Liberto Rabal
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Pizza delivery man Victor is having an argument with Elena, whom he met a few days ago, but she was high then and doesn't want to hear about him. Reacting to the noise, two cops, young David and older Sancho, arrive at the scene, the gun accidentally goes off...
Four years later David is a wheelchair basketball star, he's married to Elena, Victor is released out of prison and their destinies begin to cross again.
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Penélope Cruz co-starred with Javier Bardem twice before, in Vicky Christina Barcelona (2008) and Jamón, jamón (1992).
Jorge Sanz was cast as Víctor. One week into shooting, director Pedro Almodóvar replaced him with Liberto Rabal.
The literal translation of the Spanish title is "trembling flesh".
Javier Bardem's mother Pilar plays the midwife who delivers Victor at the start of the film.
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